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33 Cards in this Set
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А а
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а
(ah) when stressed, like a in father |
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Б б
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бэ
(beh) like b in boy |
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В в
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вэ
(veh) like v in volcano |
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Г г
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гэ
(geh) like g in gamma |
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Д д
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дэ
(deh) like d in delta, but with tongue against upper teeth |
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Е е
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e
(yeh) when stressed, like ye in yesterday |
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Ё ё
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ё
(yoh) like yo in New York; always stressed |
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Ж ж
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жэ
(zheh) like s in measure, but with tongue farther back |
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З з
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зэ
(zeh) like z in zebra |
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И и
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и
(ee) like i in machine |
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Й й
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и краткое
(ee kratkoyeh) like y in boy or gray |
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К к
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ка
(kah) like k in skit, but without aspiration or breath |
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Л л
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эль
(ehl’ – the l is soft) like l in lambda, but tongue against upper teeth |
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М м
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эм
(ehm) like m in mother |
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Н н
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эн
(en) like n in no, but tongue against upper teeth |
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О о
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о
(oh) when stressed, between the o in mole and the vowel sound in talk |
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П п
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пэ
(peh) like p in spot (looks like Greek pi) |
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Р р
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эр
(ehr) flap r, similar to trilled r in Spanish; similar to tt in better and butter. (Looks like Greek rho) |
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С с
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эс
(ess) like s in sail—(never like k) |
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Т т
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тэ
(teh) like t in stay, but tongue against upper teeth |
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У у
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у
(oo) like oo in shoot, but with extreme lip rounding |
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Ф ф
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эф
(eff) like f in fun (looks like Greek phi) |
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Х х
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ха
(kha) like ch in Bach (looks like Greek chi) |
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Ц ц
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цэ
(tseh) like ts in cats |
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Ч ч
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че
(cheh) like ch in cheer |
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Ш ш
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ша(shah)like sh sound in sure, but with tongue father back
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Щ щ
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ща
(shchah) like long sh sound in fresh sherbet, but with tongue farther forward |
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ъ
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твёрдый знак
(tvyordy znak) Hard sign. Indicates [y] sound between consonant and vowel. |
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ы
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ы
(iy) between the a in about and the ee in see |
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ь
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мягкий знак
(myakhkee znak) Soft sign. Indicates the preceding consonant is palatalized; before a vowel adds a [y] sound. |
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Э э
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э
(eh) like e in set |
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Ю ю
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ю
(yu) like yu in yule |
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Я я
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я
(ja) when stressed, like ya in yacht |